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NEIL EDWARD HARVEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – December 17, 1969
Service recordNeil Edward Harvey, of Downey, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 67
- CHARLES QUINTEN POLKPrivate First Class · November 25, 1969
- GLENN ROBERT MANNINGCaptain · December 17, 1969
- BILLY JOE NEELYPrivate First Class · December 17, 1969
- MICHAEL THADDEUS SOLTYSLance Corporal · December 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD EARL SPIVEYCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 68
- THOMAS T TOMSICSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 68
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.